Company tells me drive route that is longer more miles?

smokey12 · Aug 23, 2021

The crazy thing is they came up with the zip code to zip code miles years ago before we have the technology we have now. There is no excuse how these companies get away with shortening the miles these days, really do t see how they get away with it..I deal with it where I am now but I gotta take the good with the bad

Rubber duck kw · Aug 23, 2021

Lennythedriver said: ↑

OK this might be a bit technical but it’s really irking me. There’s a certain destinations that our company frequents and there’s basically two major routes that we can take to get there. One route runs 1448 miles. And the second route runs 1368 miles. That’s an 80 mile difference. Here’s the problem I have. Listed as paid miles that comes through on the Qualcomm is 1288 miles. OK as a truck driver, when I get the paid miles I always do some extensive research and find the shortest trucking route I can to keep the miles close to what they are for paid miles.

so as I’m fairly new with this company I take off on the second route and I get about 100 miles down the road and my phones blowing up. I pull over and the dispatcher is telling me “we don’t go that way, you have to go the other way because that’s the route that our trucks run“. And I was like “well this is the closest route to run, it’s 20 minutes shorter timewise and it’s closer to the paid miles that you’re offering.“. He didn’t care. I was pissed, I sat there for a few minutes and then I called him back and asked him to adjust the paid miles by 80 miles since they were asking me to drive 80 miles further. “Sorry we can’t do that“. I sat there for a few more minutes and called him back again and said “well then I can’t drive the route that you request because you’re not paying me for it you’re asking me to drive for over two hours for free“. It’s more like three hours because coming out of their yard the first 50 miles you could only average 35 to 40 mph because you have to cut through a bunch of small towns to get to the interstate.

F- that, It’s always something with these companies isn’t it? They are directly telling me that if I want to drive for them and drive this route I have to drive for about 2 1/2 hours for free. Not happening.

and by the way, the route that I chose, both of the routes that are options are major interstates. It’s not like I was going through the back woods somewhere. They just want me to run the other route because that’s the way all the truckers run and if something happened someone would be close by.
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Well you're not likely to change their thought process, get back to the yard and clean out your truck is what I'd say. If you wanted to be especially petty you could turn around and park it in the yard with the load on.

bryan21384 · Aug 23, 2021

Rubber duck kw said: ↑

Well you're not likely to change their thought process, get back to the yard and clean out your truck is what I'd say. If you wanted to be especially petty you could turn around and park it in the yard with the load on.
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Wouldn't that be quitting under dispatch?

Ridgeline · Aug 23, 2021

Lennythedriver said: ↑

OK this might be a bit technical but it’s really irking me. There’s a certain destinations that our company frequents and there’s basically two major routes that we can take to get there. One route runs 1448 miles. And the second route runs 1368 miles. That’s an 80 mile difference. Here’s the problem I have. Listed as paid miles that comes through on the Qualcomm is 1288 miles. OK as a truck driver, when I get the paid miles I always do some extensive research and find the shortest trucking route I can to keep the miles close to what they are for paid miles.

so as I’m fairly new with this company I take off on the second route and I get about 100 miles down the road and my phones blowing up. I pull over and the dispatcher is telling me “we don’t go that way, you have to go the other way because that’s the route that our trucks run“. And I was like “well this is the closest route to run, it’s 20 minutes shorter timewise and it’s closer to the paid miles that you’re offering.“. He didn’t care. I was pissed, I sat there for a few minutes and then I called him back and asked him to adjust the paid miles by 80 miles since they were asking me to drive 80 miles further. “Sorry we can’t do that“. I sat there for a few more minutes and called him back again and said “well then I can’t drive the route that you request because you’re not paying me for it you’re asking me to drive for over two hours for free“. It’s more like three hours because coming out of their yard the first 50 miles you could only average 35 to 40 mph because you have to cut through a bunch of small towns to get to the interstate.

F- that, It’s always something with these companies isn’t it? They are directly telling me that if I want to drive for them and drive this route I have to drive for about 2 1/2 hours for free. Not happening.

and by the way, the route that I chose, both of the routes that are options are major interstates. It’s not like I was going through the back woods somewhere. They just want me to run the other route because that’s the way all the truckers run and if something happened someone would be close by.
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What is wrong, you are legally in charge of how the truck runs, just drive the route you planned that is the closest to what your being paid, if they fire you, then sue them for wrongful termination.

Lennythedriver · Aug 23, 2021

bryan21384 said: ↑

So what cities were you traveling to and from?
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smokey12 said: ↑

The crazy thing is they came up with the zip code to zip code miles years ago before we have the technology we have now. There is no excuse how these companies get away with shortening the miles these days, really do t see how they get away with it..I deal with it where I am now but I gotta take the good with the bad
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see I’m with you on that, like you I was willing to put up with a little discrepancy. To kind of alleviate some of the feeling of being ripped off I always try and take the shortest route that trucks legally can drive on. When the company tells me “here’s your miles, and on top of that we want you to drive a route that’s 80 miles further than the one you come up with just because,“ then I start having a real problem with it.

at that point they’re really not paying you by the mile they’re just paying you what they want to pay you to run that load. Lol if you really want to get technical about it that’s what they’re doing.

Miles should never be more than 1 to 2% off. When they start approaching 10% or more, you are literally getting ripped off.

Rubber duck kw · Aug 23, 2021

bryan21384 said: ↑

Wouldn't that be quitting under dispatch?
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I'm sure, does anybody really care at that point?

bryan21384 · Aug 23, 2021

Rubber duck kw said: ↑

I'm sure, does anybody really care at that point?
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Can't say. I just don't know if that impacts a driver like abandoning a truck or whatever

Rubber duck kw · Aug 23, 2021

bryan21384 said: ↑

Can't say. I just don't know if that impacts a driver like abandoning a truck or whatever
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I'm sure it does, at other companies who know the driver would do the same thing at.

asphaltreptile311 · Aug 23, 2021

What company is this ? Everytime a driver withholds information that would prevent other drivers from finding out the truth about companies , just keeps fueling the fire so the company can continue to get away with it.

jason6541 · Aug 23, 2021

Lennythedriver said: ↑

OK this might be a bit technical but it’s really irking me. There’s a certain destinations that our company frequents and there’s basically two major routes that we can take to get there. One route runs 1448 miles. And the second route runs 1368 miles. That’s an 80 mile difference. Here’s the problem I have. Listed as paid miles that comes through on the Qualcomm is 1288 miles. OK as a truck driver, when I get the paid miles I always do some extensive research and find the shortest trucking route I can to keep the miles close to what they are for paid miles.

so as I’m fairly new with this company I take off on the second route and I get about 100 miles down the road and my phones blowing up. I pull over and the dispatcher is telling me “we don’t go that way, you have to go the other way because that’s the route that our trucks run“. And I was like “well this is the closest route to run, it’s 20 minutes shorter timewise and it’s closer to the paid miles that you’re offering.“. He didn’t care. I was pissed, I sat there for a few minutes and then I called him back and asked him to adjust the paid miles by 80 miles since they were asking me to drive 80 miles further. “Sorry we can’t do that“. I sat there for a few more minutes and called him back again and said “well then I can’t drive the route that you request because you’re not paying me for it you’re asking me to drive for over two hours for free“. It’s more like three hours because coming out of their yard the first 50 miles you could only average 35 to 40 mph because you have to cut through a bunch of small towns to get to the interstate.

F- that, It’s always something with these companies isn’t it? They are directly telling me that if I want to drive for them and drive this route I have to drive for about 2 1/2 hours for free. Not happening.

and by the way, the route that I chose, both of the routes that are options are major interstates. It’s not like I was going through the back woods somewhere. They just want me to run the other route because that’s the way all the truckers run and if something happened someone would be close by.
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stick to it, don’t let them screw you over. Guarantee they are billing customer for
Practical route or maybe even hub miles.
Don’t quit under dispatch.

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